John Henry Bradberry served as a corporal in Co. K, 6th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA and enlisted at Dresden, Tenn. He served as the company cook in 1865. Bradberry owned this civilian shotgun which dates from the 1850 to 1870 time period. It is unlikely...

Black and white photograph of Lard & Nancy (Copeland) Hammock. Lard Hammock was in Company E, 8th Tennessee Cavalry (13th), from Overton County. He was captured near Woodbury, Tennessee, on September 6, 1864, at the Battle of Readyville. He was...

Journal of Charles Newell Hammond (1835-1891). Hammond served with Co. F, 96th Ill. Vol. Inf. Regt., USA. The journal provides an account of the company's rations and expenses as well as his personal account of the mundane events of camp life. On...

Discharge certificate for Pvt. Benjamin S. Miles, Co. C, 141st Regt. Ohio National Guard (Captain F. H. Gray's Company). Miles enrolled on May 2, 1864, and was discharged from the service on September 3, 1864, at Gallipolis, Oh. He was 23 years old...

B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen was a private in Company I, 6th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, C. S. A.. His health deteriorated significantly during the war, prompting him to pay for a replacement to complete his service. In this letter, McCutchen...

Informs recipient (likely the father) of the death of William H. Merryman (Merriman) who died on March 5, 1865. The letter discusses the poor conditions at Fort Rice in the Dakota Territory. He also writes that they are frequently fighting Indians....

Tintype copy of Pvt. Major Mincey, Company F, 9th Tenn. Cav., USA. Mincey appears in an unusual coat with three rows of buttons. He is carrying what appears to be an imported U.S. private purchase officer's sword. Mincey enlisted in August 1863 in...

John Steele Neely served as a Lt. in Company F, 9th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. He is listed in Tennesseans in the Civil War as J.S. Neely. Neely appears in a civilan frock coat and wears a US officer belt with two Colt revolvers in the belt. He holds a...